![]() ![]() Margaret not only has to deal with her secret lover being a focal point of her life in such a profound way, but she also could not express who they were and what their history entailed. Stephen and Helen marry instead and have a son named Georgy. Margaret was smitten with Helen, and Helen was taken with Margaret however, in 19th century England, what they wanted or longed for would not be tolerated. They had soft kisses, stories of compassion, and late nights lingering in each other’s presence. Margaret and Helen (the wife of her brother Stephen) shared a closeness - a connection one would stamp as deep affection and love for one another. She attempted to take her life and this event labeled her as someone to keep watch over instead of someone to simply love. Apparently, her bond with him was so strong, it left her slighted mentally. ![]() ![]() Margaret and her father, whom we come to know affectionately through her as “Pa,” were extremely close. ![]() Margaret is a well-read, brilliant, peculiar, and opinionated woman who defies the rules and regulations set aside for her by her mother. The setting is Victorian England in the 1800s. In Affinity, Sarah Waters introduces us to Margaret Prior ( Aurora or Peggy), a woman in her early thirties, still residing with her mother after her father’s death. ![]()
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